Running a root VNC on a home network that is not accessible from the rest of the world is not a big problem.<br><br>On FC you need to edit your /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file<br><br>You will want a line like this, the users need to all be on the same line
<br><br> VNCSERVERS="1:root 2:someuser"<br><br> VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600 -depth 24"<br> VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 1024x768 -depth 24"<br><br>After you have saved that file, you need to issue vncpasswd logged in as each user, su someuser
<br><br>Now as root (assuming you followed the advise from Ben) service vncservers start<br><br>Now you should have a new set of files in each users home dir, xstartup, edit and uncomment the lines... (these are hidden files/dirs in .vnc)
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unset SESSION_MANAGER<br>
exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc<br><br>Last but not least su to root and # touch .Xauthority in each users home directory.<br><br>Restart the vncservers and you should be good to go. Remember you will be connecting on port 5901 for root and 5902 for someuser.
<br><br>HTH<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ben Lancaster</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@benlancaster.co.uk">lists@benlancaster.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On 21 Apr 2007, at 23:34, Carlos Garcia-Sierra wrote:<br><br>> I am running FC5 and MythTV in a fast machine. (1G RAM / Dual Core<br>> 64bit AMD processor)<br>><br>> I want to start a vncserver auto-magically after boot in two users
<br>> (not the mythtv user). Such users are a regular user and root. I<br>> usually use VNC & root for admin activities, while the second user<br>> is a user I use for bit-torrent, web-surfing, etc from my not-top-
<br>> of-the-line-laptop.<br><br>Avoid VNC as root. Bad idea.<br><br>> I added the line: vncserver :1 into /etc/rc.local in order to start<br>> the root vncserver service.<br>> But the graphical interface crashes as the computer boots. I can
<br>> not connect via VNC. However ssh is alive.<br><br>VNC has some init scripts which might prove more useful. On FC5:<br><br># chkconfig vncserver on<br><br>...then edit /etc/sysconfig/vncservers<br><br>For example, mine contains the following:
<br><br>VNCSERVERS="1:username"<br>VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 1024x768 -nohttpd"<br><br>VNCSERVERS="2:username"<br>VNCSERVERARGS[2]="-geometry 800x600 -nohttpd"<br><br>Might be worth emptying your ~/.vnc folders and recreating them if
<br>you're having stability problems. Also check you're running the<br>x86_64 version of VNC - I had stability issues running the i386 builds<br><br>Obligatory 1p GBP.<br><br>Ben<br><br><br>_______________________________________________
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